On tonight's show:
Benny Carter, Sweet Georgia Brown
Artie Shaw, What Is This Thing Called Love?
Ella Fitzgerald, In a Mellow Tone
Miles Davis, Doxy
Billie Holiday, Embraceable You
Eddie Harris, Exodus
Gerry Mulligan & The Concert Jazz Band, Body and Soul
Kenny Burrell Octet, If I Should Lose You
Count Basie, Makin' Whoopee
Frank Sinatra, I've Got You Under My Skin
Eddie Lockjaw Davis with Paul Gonsalves, If I Should Lose You
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bye Bye Blackbird
Dianne Reeves, The Nearness of You / Misty
Ximo Tebar, St. Thomas
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Jazz After Dark, July 22, 2025
Coming up tonight, it’s Duke Ellington and some of the great musicians who worked with him. The songs:
Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra, Cotton Club Stomp
Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra, I Was Made to Love You
Duke Ellington, Come Sunday (with Mahalia Jackson)
Billy Strayhorn, Take the "A" Train
Johnny Hodges, Art Pepper Quintett / What's New
Johnny Hodges & Duke Ellington, Moon Glow
Johnny Hodges with Ray Nance vocals, Just Squeeze Me
Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges, Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges, Wabash Blues
Duke Ellington, Take the "A" Train
Paul Gonsalves, I'm Beginning to See the Light
Harry Carney & The Duke's Men, Five O’clock Drag
Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby & The Duke's Men, Backstairs
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Duke's Place
On tonight's show:
Joe Venuti's Blue Four, Raggin' The Scale
Coleman Hawkins, After You've Gone
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, A Sailboat In the Moonlight
Artie Shaw, Diga Diga Doo
Oscar Aleman, Diga Diga Do
Oscar Aleman, Mia Casita Pequeñita
Oscar Aleman, Improvisaciones Sobre Boogie Woogie
Benny Carter, June Is Busting Out All Over
Cannonball Adderley, Love For Sale
Art Blakey, Let's Take 16 Bars
Wes Montgomery, Something Like Bags
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Imagine My Frustration
Dave Brubeck Quartet ft. Jim Hall, Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Charlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, I'm A Stranger Here Myself
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Jazz After Dark, July 1, 2025
Some old-fashioned jazz tonight:
Benny Goodman, Swing into Spring
Fletcher Henderson, Livery Stable Blues
Fletcher Henderson, Grand Terrace Swing
Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Moten Swing
Benny Goodman, Life Goes to a Party
Benny Goodman, Fascinating Rhythm
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Black Beauty
Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Pass The Bounce
George Lewis, Panama
Louis Armstrong, Sweethearts On Parade
Oscar Peterson & Louis Armstrong, Moon Song
Sidney Bechet - Martial Solal Quartet, Exactly LIke You
Sidney Bechet - Martial Solal Quartet, Embraceable You
New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, When the Saints Go Marching In
New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Bourbon Street Parade
Louise Tobin and Peanuts Hucko, I Am Confessin'
Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie-woogie, blues, and ragtime through traditional and straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more.